Teruzuki

The Teruzuki was an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer that was built on 31 August 1942. The ship was meant as an anti-aircraft escort for a carrier battle group, but it later became a general-purpose destroyer. In the first phase of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Teruzuki sunk one US Navy ship and assisted the battleship Hiei, and she helped remove survivors from the crippled Kirishima. On the night of 11-12 December 1942, Teruzuki was torpedoed by two US Navy submarines, suffering from fires before being sunk by explosions from depth charges.